Prayers from a Mother’s Heart – MOPS

http://www.mops.org/forms/Prayers_Oct08.pdf – short, sweet and from a mother’s heart

God is able

Take heart.
When out of your comfort zone, know that God all the more is with you.
Ask Him for the help you need.
He is able!
Learn to love your role of mother,  teacher, counsellor, helper, …
Johanna

Cooperative Life

Cooperative effort makes life much sweeter for EVERYONE.
There’s a Maori (native NZer) saying that goes:
Nau te rourou Naku te rourou Ka ora ai ki te manuhiri
With your (food) basket and my basket It will be good health for all our
guests
Everyone helping everyone, life is about giving and taking,
“It’s more blessed to give than receive” (Acts [...]

Parenting TIP : KISS

Remember, keep things simple and make life work for your situation without sacrificing any family member’s sanity.

Welcome …

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My family’s web presence:
The Counsellor
Kiwikids

A Cry for Racial Healing

Fire in my Bones by J Lee Grady
http://strangmail.com/newslettersignup/ - subscribe to his newsletter
http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308
http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/22308-from-the-deep-south-a-cry-for-racial-healing
excerpt:
Jesus told the Pharisees that their holier-than-thou traditions actually nullified the Word of God. They were obsessed with washing their hands and dishes to keep themselves pure; Jesus was focused on touching the untouchables of society so that God’s love and mercy could spread [...]

Something Old Something New

Two of my computers ‘fried’ in the last week or so. Can you believe it?!
Sadly my collection of writing, articles, and graphics of the last ten years are no longer intact. Trojans and worms from my kids games computer (it’s a long story – this is the Reader’s Digest version here), where I stored my [...]

QP : Tractor on TradeMe for sale + Farm for free

Check out www.trademe.co.nz for bidding on a tractor in Catlins – currently at $155,000 – oh! the 8.1 ha farm is chucked in for free.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=218710429 - the Q+A are worth reading – so droll! so kiwi!

QP : Slumdogs of Mumbai

“I used to ask God why people suffer like this. Finally I came to the place where I stopped asking questions and started being the answer.” —Biju Thampy
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QP : New Moaf Tin

I’m so proud of my (coated metal) moaf baking tin.
It has 8x rectangle mini-loaf holes (business card size – 9×5.5cm).
I made some Christmas Pudds in them – usually they’re done in muffin trays, but they look so cute mini-loaf sized.
I wrapped a couple on Monday and sent them off to work with the Counsellor.
It all [...]

“Not Very Interesting”

What is interesting to read in the newspaper?

a threat in your area which eventually hurts no-one;
something that causes a few deaths just down the road from you; or
hearing of 100s and 1000s being killed somewhere else in the world?

This article:  Not very interesting talks of the people killed in Haiti’s recent hurricances and the lack of [...]